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Two Palestinian families in capital’s Silwan neighborhood served with eviction notices

Two Palestinian families in capital’s Silwan neighborhood served with eviction notices

Court finds for NGO that homes were illegally inhabited via ‘absentee property.’   Government officials served two Palestinian families residing in east Jerusalem’s Silwan with… Read More ›

Reporters notebook: ‘I struggled to believe it was actually gunfire’

Reporters notebook: ‘I struggled to believe it was actually gunfire’

A Jerusalem Post intern recounts his experience at the scene of Monday’s car ramming attack.   En route to a doctor’s appointment in Har Nof… Read More ›

Radical Islam explained by a Sunni Muslim

Radical Islam explained by a Sunni Muslim

Analysis: A sigh of relief for France

Analysis: A sigh of relief for France

Left- and moderate-right-wing leaders thanked the French people on Sunday night for blocking the National Front, which lost in all 13 regions.   PARIS –… Read More ›

Iran ‘examining’ possible successors to Khamenei

Iran ‘examining’ possible successors to Khamenei

Council tasked with appointing Islamic republic’s next supreme leader is already looking at options, top politician says   Iran has begun looking for a potential… Read More ›

Wall Street is searching for a bottom in the oil price ― and getting ready to pile in

Wall Street is searching for a bottom in the oil price ― and getting ready to pile in

It’s already bad in the energy sector. And it may get worse. Some of Wall Street’s top names are trying to figure out how low… Read More ›

Dan Loeb wants the CEO of Dow Chemical out

Dan Loeb wants the CEO of Dow Chemical out

  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investor Daniel Loeb of hedge fund Third Point has called for the removal of Dow Chemical Co. Chief Executive… Read More ›

Japan tanks 3% in early trading

Japan tanks 3% in early trading

  TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks slipped on Monday after Wall Street sank amid plunging crude oil prices, keeping investors on edge ahead of an… Read More ›

Washington – Trump, Carson Have Months To Decide On Third-party Runs

Washington – Trump, Carson Have Months To Decide On Third-party Runs

  Washington –  Donald Trump and Ben Carson could dangle the possibility of independent runs for president well into the primary season next year, but… Read More ›

Airmont, NY – Police Up Patrols In South Monsey After Possible Sighting Of Armed Man

Airmont, NY – Police Up Patrols In South Monsey After Possible Sighting Of Armed Man

  Airmont, NY – Ramapo police has put extra shifts in place in Monsey after receiving word yesterday of a suspicious incident. Sergeant Michael Higgins… Read More ›

New York – Schumer, Cuomo: Feds Should Close Gun-terror Loophole

New York – Schumer, Cuomo: Feds Should Close Gun-terror Loophole

  New York – Top New York officials demanded Sunday that the federal government share classified watch-list information on suspected terrorists so the state can… Read More ›

Sleeping polar bear cub captures hearts

Sleeping polar bear cub captures hearts

A sleepy polar bear cub and her stuffed moose pal are making observers at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio say “Awww.” The zoo posted… Read More ›

North Korea’s girl band Moranbong cancels shows, leaves China abruptly

North Korea’s girl band Moranbong cancels shows, leaves China abruptly

North Korean girl band Moranbong has canceled its shows in Beijing, China’s National Center for the Performing Arts said. Famously handpicked by North Korean dictator… Read More ›

How Istanbul’s abandoned street dogs end up in America

How Istanbul’s abandoned street dogs end up in America

Istanbul – In an unassuming home in a tidy neighborhood of Istanbul, you can hear the occupants long before you see them. They greet you with… Read More ›

French far-right collapses, projected to fail in every region

French far-right collapses, projected to fail in every region

Socialists pull out of races against Le Pen and her niece, allowing strategic voting to block National Front from gaining power   PARIS (AP) —… Read More ›

Marine Le Pen — fiery but pragmatic, defiant in defeat

Marine Le Pen — fiery but pragmatic, defiant in defeat

Despite heavy losses in Sunday’s election, the French far-right successfully moves into the mainstream   PARIS, France (AFP) — A fiery orator but also a… Read More ›

PA seeks arrest of Gaza cartoonist over drawing of ‘sex’ with Jews

PA seeks arrest of Gaza cartoonist over drawing of ‘sex’ with Jews

Virulantly anti-Israel caricaturist Baha Yassin accused of insulting Palestinian women after depicting intercourse between Fatah leaders and Israel   The Palestinian public prosecutor in the… Read More ›

Gaza rocket lands in Israel

Gaza rocket lands in Israel

Rocket fired from coastal enclave strikes southern Israel after weeks of relative quiet. Red Alert sirens sounded in southern Israel on Sunday evening, sending residents… Read More ›

Policeman who shot ‘scissor terrorists’ under investigation

Policeman who shot ‘scissor terrorists’ under investigation

The investigation was approved by the Attorney General, and seeks to determine whether the officer shot the terrorist after she was neutralized. Israel’s Justice Ministry… Read More ›

US ‘shocked’ at Hungarian plans to honour WW2 anti-Semite

US ‘shocked’ at Hungarian plans to honour WW2 anti-Semite

Hungary’s Jewish community has called on the right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party to block the statue commemorating the Nazi-supporter who pushed… Read More ›